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Shortlist of actors for young Han Solo revealed

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12 Jan 2016 11:34 #219765 by Egg Shen
So Disney is moving forward with basically a Han Solo origin film. It will supposedly deal with how a young Solo got into the smuggling business and whatnot. Here is an article detailing who Disney is planning on tabbing to fill in for Harrison Ford

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/star-wars-han-solo-spinoff-actors-1201675519/

If you don't want to click the article here is the shortlist:

Dave Franco
Scott Eastwood
Miles Teller
Ansel Elgort
Jack Reynor
Logan Lerman
Emory Cohen
Blake Jenner

Thoughts?

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12 Jan 2016 11:38 #219768 by Black Barney
Dave Franco would be a mistake.

I think Miles Teller is the best actor of that bunch so I'd be interested to see if he has the range for this. He could be SUPER cool in that role.

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12 Jan 2016 12:37 #219775 by charlest
There's a mention that they want him to have a short appearance in Rogue One. That makes no goddamn sense. That's basically the same age Han starts out in A New Hope and would basically be like a recasting of the original role, as opposed to a young Han.

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12 Jan 2016 13:10 #219780 by Michael Barnes
I think that rumor is BS that someone in the press that knows nothing about SW made up.

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12 Jan 2016 13:15 #219782 by Black Barney
They could show the falcon in Rogue but they better not show Han

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12 Jan 2016 13:59 - 12 Jan 2016 14:06 #219786 by Grudunza
Of that list, Teller and Ansel Elgort would be my top choices, and maybe Blake Jenner. Some of those others have got to be fillers, though, as I can't imagine them at all in that role.

But I'm surprised Anthony Ingruber isn't in consideration, as he recently played a young Harrison Ford in Age of Adeline. I haven't seen that film yet, but there have been many comments about how he really fit Ford to a T, in both look and sound. Heck, look at this picture...

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/55ae918ce4b063742af825e9/1437503886812/?format=1500w

(Ack, how do you link a picture here?? Clicking the picture icon and adding the URL doesn't seem to actually work.)

Of course, a lookalike/soundalike isn't as important as someone who is a great actor and can carry the weight of that role well. In which case, Teller or Elgort might be better.
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12 Jan 2016 14:44 #219790 by Egg Shen

Michael Barnes wrote: I think that rumor is BS that someone in the press that knows nothing about SW made up.


I'm hoping you're right about that.

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12 Jan 2016 15:21 - 12 Jan 2016 15:22 #219797 by Chapel
I started a thread about this in early december and my selection was:

boardgamegeek.com/article/21092368#21092368

Armie Hammer, but he might come off a tad older than required.
or
Dave Franco(But man I would have loved him to take over for 007...he's a dead ringer for a young Sean Connery)
or
Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Scott Eastwood looks too much like his dad, and would be weird seeing a young Clint Eastwood as Han.

I still think Dave Franco has the best personality for it.
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12 Jan 2016 15:36 #219801 by Black Barney
but Franco isn't a great actor and has shown zero range! I don't want him to be Dave Franco as Solo. I want Solo as Solo. I think Teller has a better shot at pulling that off.

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12 Jan 2016 16:01 #219807 by Chapel

Black Barney wrote: but Franco isn't a great actor and has shown zero range! I don't want him to be Dave Franco as Solo. I want Solo as Solo. I think Teller has a better shot at pulling that off.


I like Miles Teller, and I think he could pull it off....Just sometimes he comes off as a goober. But I'm not against it.
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12 Jan 2016 17:05 #219823 by Hex Sinister
I certainly am. Man, what a goober indeed. A stone-faced marshmellow. This movie is the dumbest idea ever anyway.
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12 Jan 2016 21:13 #219831 by Cranberries

Grudunza wrote: Of that list, Teller and Ansel Elgort would be my top choices, and maybe Blake Jenner. Some of those others have got to be fillers, though, as I can't imagine them at all in that role.

But I'm surprised Anthony Ingruber isn't in consideration, as he recently played a young Harrison Ford in Age of Adeline. I haven't seen that film yet, but there have been many comments about how he really fit Ford to a T, in both look and sound. Heck, look at this picture...

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/55ae918ce4b063742af825e9/1437503886812/?format=1500w

(Ack, how do you link a picture here?? Clicking the picture icon and adding the URL doesn't seem to actually work.)

Of course, a lookalike/soundalike isn't as important as someone who is a great actor and can carry the weight of that role well. In which case, Teller or Elgort might be better.


The original link had no .jpg extension on the URL.

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12 Jan 2016 23:20 - 12 Jan 2016 23:22 #219833 by Grudunza
Thanks, craniac. Let's see if this video clip works...



He did a whole series of YouTube videos with Harrison Ford impressions, and that led to his casting in Age of Adeline. Watching that, yeah, he's got the look and sound and some mannerisms, but I feel like it's too much of an "impression." It's one thing to cop another person, but better to be your own thing within the spirit of the character. I wouldn't say that River Phoenix was a lookalike/soundalike for what might be a kid version of Indiana Jones, but he was an excellent actor and made that work.
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13 Jan 2016 00:12 - 13 Jan 2016 00:13 #219834 by SebastianBludd
Miles Teller looks like Shia Labeouf and sounds like Jonah Hill. No thanks.

Ansel Elgort is a little too iCarly for my taste, and the majority of that shortlist looks like a bunch of models turned actors. Scott Eastwood is the only one that looks rough enough to be Han so based on my 3 min. of internet research he'd be my pick.

As Hex said, however, this movie is a dumb idea. Han had the perfect introduction in Star Wars with enough hints of a backstory to make him seem cool and intriguing. I don't need to see a young Boba Fett, a partially-constructed C3PO or a 22 year-old Han Solo's first meeting with Chewbacca.

Chapel wrote: Scott Eastwood looks too much like his dad, and [it] would be weird fucking awesome seeing a young Clint Eastwood as Han.


FTFY.
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13 Jan 2016 08:46 #219843 by Legomancer
I sure hope the pick the right actor for this absolutely necessary movie that obviously needs to exist.
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